Chapter 319: Persistence is Victory
Gu Lu understands what the female hero means, killing first and then showing off seems to be a good idea!
His idea is to solve the problem in a traditional way, negotiate with Gu's mother, and then let the parents change the living on campus to day school.
"It makes sense, just go to the teacher directly." Gu Lu said, "Then talk to her."
People with happy families will not talk about their "original family". Because this word represents a bad childhood. The same is true when referring to parents using "he" and "them" instead. Both are typical avoidance psychology. When you resist or dislike something, you will subconsciously avoid it in terms of language. Gu Jiayu didn't understand psychology, but he learned a skill under the roof of others.
Explain the skills of the heroine in a game way.
Skill Name: Emotional Sensitivity
Cooling Time: None
Effect: You can detect even the slightest hint of disgust in the air, and you can retreat quickly to avoid injury. .
"Brother, I can just tell my mother myself." So Gu Jiayu said, "Anyway, if the rice is cooked, she will not disagree."
"Okay, let's go to Director Zhu's office at noon." Gu Lu was impatient.
"No, no, no, no," Gu Jiayu stopped, "Director Zhu will have a rest at noon. If you go to him at this time, he will be in a bad mood and the conversation will be even more troublesome. After four o'clock is the best time, Zhu The director will probably be able to handle most of his work.”
This is the experience gained by the heroine after going there many times. Even though Director Zhu's attitude towards receiving students when he was happy or unhappy was almost the same, Gu Jiayu could also feel the emotional changes.
Why do you care so much! Gu Lu didn't care, he didn't think his status was that high. The key is that he won honors for the school and so on, but he didn't redeem the rewards. His idea is that it is really not possible to directly change the residence to day study, which is not easy.
But when the words came to King Gulu's mouth, he changed, "There are also these precautions, are they true or false?"
"Of course it's true. I have practical experience." Gu Jiayu vowed.
"Awesome, you can observe such small details." Gu Lu compared the numbers with his hands, "Then let's go to the third period in the afternoon."
Gu Jiayu moved his head forward He tilted his voice and reduced his volume by fifty percent, "Then where shall we meet?"
"We will meet at the third big tree on the side of the flag-raising platform." King Gulu understood instantly, and his voice changed. Small, head thrust forward.
"The secret code is the day reading operation!" Gu Jiayu said.
The two little heads met and were plotting actions.
The school bell rang, and Gu Lu and his sister separated, but the former was walking slowly, while the latter was running fast. Just because the place where we met just now was closer to their class.
The corridor of the No. 8 Middle School teaching building is not paved with floor tiles, but with very frictional cement floors.
The most important thing is to prevent students from slipping when running up and down.
"Has Teacher Gao got a boyfriend? I feel in a good mood recently."
"What are you talking about? Teacher Gao is married and has children."
The classmates in the class whispered.
They must have children. Gu Lu remembered seeing a photo of Teacher Gao and his family placed on the orderly table.
Something good must have happened.
King Gulu didn't know that he had brought good things, and he also didn't know how much benefit he had brought to "Daily Express".
No. 5, Building 14, Canada Square, London, where the Daily Express newspaper office is located.
“There are a lot of letters at the front desk.”
“Most of them are asking how soon a new chapter in the Weymouth series will appear. I also like to read "The Horror at Portsham", the world view in the book The horror has only revealed the tip of the iceberg."
"The genius's solution is this. The pen is the magic wand in your hand, which can cause huge destructive power when you wave it."
"Then you. Do you think that Hua Xiaxia can write the second work of Sherlock Holmes? ”
"Why are we discussing this issue? I have said before that I think Chinese writers cannot write well, not because they doubt their talent, but because they are not from London, England. They have not lived in London, and they have no idea about the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The situation in London at the beginning of the century would definitely be very inconsistent when written about it."
Two editors at the newspaper are chatting. One is the fourth page editor Paul, who is responsible for reviewing novel submissions and can be regarded as Gu Lu's editor in the UK. . The other one is Charlie, who has editorial rights. They are both about thirty-five years old, so they have a lot in common.
Charlie felt that what Paul said made sense, and thought of the example discussed earlier.
Just like do you think Chinese people will believe that a foreigner who has never been in China can write Di Renjie well? Impossible to believe.
As mentioned before, it is because of "Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee" written by the Dutch writer Gao Luopei. As a result, in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, Di Renjie was the most powerful detective in ancient China.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, something bad is going to happen!" Suddenly, a guy from the newspaper office, oh no, an intern, rushed into the editorial office and shouted.
“?”
Everyone’s eyes turned to the interns, including the editor-in-chief in the office, who came out to take a look.
“There are people from Weymouth outside protesting to our newspaper office, protesting against our publication of content that slanders Weymouth.” The intern may have been running too hastily, and his breathing was not even, and he was out of breath. Despicable.
The editorial office is as quiet as a chicken.
"How many people?" asked the editor-in-chief.
“Five or six!” The intern held out three fingers.
"?" After hearing this, the editor-in-chief had a disdainful smile on his face and returned to the office.
The other staff in the editorial department also restored the previous order and did whatever they needed to do.
The intern Tuliu stood there alone and was at a loss. What's going on? How to solve it?
"Mr. Paul, we..." The intern had to ask someone familiar with the editorial department.
"Ignore the protests of less than twenty people." Paul said, "Sir, do you have any relatives?"
"Ah?" The intern nodded affirmatively, he was not an orphan.
"Very good, you and your parents, plus your grandparents. There are also a few uncles and aunts who are close to each other. If you call a few more friends, there will be almost ten people." Paul Said, "Then do you think your protest is useful?"
Having not had coffee for a long time, Paul left his office and went to the tea room to get himself a cup of coffee.
Uh--the intern seems to understand.
"Small-scale protests are too normal for newspaper offices." Charlie also came over and added, "You have to get used to this kind of scene, because it has no effect."
As a result, the intern made a fuss, and was right The newspaper "Daily Express" said, if you can, go to court and sue!
As the "Portersham Horror Incident" spread in the UK, the people who came to the newspaper office to protest were enough to prove that the people of Weymouth were really anxious.
Charlie and Paul were in the tea room, continuing to chat. Only the topic changed, from Sherlock Holmes to the Weymouth people.
"They are so excited. Two short stories have made the unknown Weymouth gain a lot of popularity. Isn't this a good thing?"
Weymouth is a famous British resort, and now it has become "unknown" in the blink of an eye. , generations of town hall efforts were wiped out in one sentence by Charlie.
Paul had a completely different view. He said: "So you want Weymouth to inherit such popularity? The book describes Weymouth Port as a dilapidated and deserted port, shrouded in heavy fog and filled with nightingales in the woods. It’s called. Compared with the reality, Weymouth is not a place at all.”
“As long as it’s famous,” Charlie said, “many places can’t do it.”
"Sir, are you interested in traveling to the places described in "The Haze at Weymouth" and "The Horror at Portsham"? Well, even if some curious tourists are willing to go, then your appearance is different from what is described in the book. What are the consequences of such a huge gap?" Paul asked.
It makes sense that Weymouth Town Council would not be able to change the location to what it looks like in the book.
"The Art of War (The Art of War) by Sun Tzu is an ancient Chinese military book. The Chinese are really good at these methods. Stonehenge, Brampton Mountain, and Portsham Village, the gap between reality and description is too big." Charlie thought After understanding this, I couldn't help but sigh, "Without renovation, Weymouth will not be able to sustain its huge popularity. If it is renovated, Weymouth will be ruined, but if you leave it alone, the tourism attribute will spread like an eraser. It is impossible to counterattack by wiping out the numbers on the text.”
“In the future, we should avoid offending Chinese writers.” , the Chinese people in Soho, Westminster are still easy to talk to.”
By the time Paul and Charlie got off work, the Weymouth people protesting outside the newspaper office had already left.
Before this group of people came to the newspaper office, they had actually protested to Puffin Books. Puffin Books directly called security to drive the person away because - "We only have a very ordinary cooperative relationship with the Chinese writer Mr. Gu Lu, and we have no binding force on him. Your protest has seriously interfered with our company." operations, if the company suffers any losses as a result..."
Do you believe it?
I would be an idiot if I believed it. "Gloom in Weymouth" is okay. The second article "The Horror at Portsham" was contributed by Puffin Books.
Because Puffin Books discovered that Gu Lu caused trouble and was highly discussed, the sales volume of "The Little Prince" will also increase.
The strong ones protest to no avail, so they must wield their swords at the weak.
Who is the weak person in this incident?
The Sun Kane, and the Van Zerston family!
After all, the instigator, Gu Lu, has returned to China. No one from Weymouth will cross the ocean to go to China.
Cain’s residence in London is difficult to find, but Quinn van Zestone’s residence in the village is easy to find.
So...
If someone goes offline, let’s take a look at the battle situation online.
"Kane van Zestone, the disgrace of Weymouth. I request that he be driven out of Weymouth."
"Insidious Chinese, hateful Kane."
"I think the slander by the Chinese writer Gu Lu is hateful, but Kane is the murderer behind the scenes. Because without his rumor reporting, the other party would not have started the creation of the rumor. The son of sin!"
"Portsher" It's a beautiful village with no strange things, and the Stonehenge ruins are also very beautiful."
"Stonehenge, are you talking about Stonehenge? Is there really a Stonehenge in Portsham? Is it really this mysterious? ”
"Scary Weymouth. I seem to remember that I traveled to Weymouth last year. No wonder the harbor has such a strong fishy smell. These are the prototypes of Chinese writers."
Wait, the rumors are Get up. What nonsense, most beaches smell like fish.
It’s just that the vast majority of British people cannot empathize with the emotions of the Weymouth people, and they are more concerned about the development of the novel.
Because it is really good-looking, some readers have analyzed it.
[The Ancient One, the Old One.
Judging from these two words, they may be the former owners of Blue Star? Just like the prayer to Yog-Sothoth, "Humanity has never been the master of this planet..." I am so looking forward to the follow-up development. It is science fiction and terrifying, grand and mysterious.
What race are the frogmen below Devil's Reef in Weymouth? They seem to have been on this planet for a long time? Is Sothos the main god in this story?
When will the next article be published?
In addition, ask Chinese international students, is the Chinese Village Dog really so powerful? It was actually able to kill a two-meter-tall half-man, half-monster. ]
That's right! There were even people urging for an update, and the people in Weymouth were angry and defensive.
An angry Weymouth man is about to beat his child!
"Quinn, calm down, Kane doesn't want this either." Mrs. Van Zestone grabbed her husband.
"He doesn't want to?" Quinn stared at his son, "Go and apologize to that Chinese writer!"
Kane walked to the other side and sat down, not wanting to communicate with his father. What's wrong with him? The entire British media said this during the Little Prince's autograph signing. He was just the one in front. What's wrong with that?
When he came to London from a small mountain village to study in his early years, he was discriminated against because of his accent. Of course, he was pretty good, because Yankees from Scotland were discriminated against even more severely.
So why are Chinese people not discriminated against when they come to the UK?
After working hard in the capital for seven or eight years, Kane successfully became a "Londoner" and was assimilated and discriminated against the rudeness of the north.
Seeing the tension between her husband and son, Mrs. Van Zestone also came to persuade, "Kane, you should listen to your father. Now the village has a lot of opinions about us. Quinn and I..."
He hesitated to speak, and his mother did not finish her words, but Kane knew very well that if it were not impossible, his parents would not come to London and live with him temporarily.
In the land of the Empire where the sun never sets, to be forced to leave home by the Chinese is really a rebellion against Tiangang!
"Don't worry, it will pass. That Chinese guy doesn't have any more novel tricks." Kane said this. Even if he was the center of the incident, he was still not fired from the Sun News, so he You can still fight.
Persistence is victory.
"Father, mother, you just come to London for a trip and have fun for a few days." Kane said.
Some people, sincerely, would not give up until they reach the Yellow River!
Talking about "The Little Prince", there are signs of a small explosion in the UK, with cumulative sales of 110,000 copies.
Becomes the only Chinese fairy tale author whose sales volume exceeds 100,000 in the UK.
This is also the front page headline prepared by the Global Times. Deputy editor Shi Feng is collecting information and wants to write the article himself. He has been waiting for an opportunity.
Who is China’s No. 1 fairy tale writer? "This is a title that Shi Feng has changed many times.
When the time comes, it’s tomorrow!
Shi Feng hired an assistant and prepared to publish the relevant news on the headlines of the British newspaper, but he discovered another thing.
Tomorrow's headlines are [Heavy snowfall across the UK, affecting planes, trains and road traffic... The Met Office has issued a red alert in parts of Wales, and a yellow alert has been issued in Northern Ireland and most of England . ]
This news is even more important because many schools have been closed, involving international students in the UK.
“Let’s leave it to the day after tomorrow.” Shi Feng decided.
The next news to be reported is the UK version's report on the decline in UK retail sales and the reduction in asthma rates following the introduction of indoor smoking bans.
As the current paper media designated by the state to report foreign news, it is a window for many people to understand foreign countries. Therefore, it is still relatively important in the domestic paper media department.
Gu Lu is currently in full bloom with multi-threading!
Neon is no less impressive.
"Bouquet for Algernon", Neon's queryable first-week results are: 130,000 coins, 120,000 coins, 70,000 coins, 50,000 coins, 17,000 coins, 24,000 coins, 26,000 pieces.
The sales volume in the first week reached about 430,000. On the fifth day, the reason why there were not enough printed books was because of the problem. Even though Bai Tongshe had an initial printing of 500,000 copies, most of the books were in Tokyo due to transportation problems.
As a result, cities outside of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Okinawa and other cities were sold out.
I have to say that the newly merged Bai Tongshe is really unreliable. I have never run a best-selling book before, and the first one had such a big mistake.
Fortunately, I worked overtime to make up for it, and sales picked up on Thursday and Sunday.
At five o'clock in the afternoon Tokyo time, Bai Tongshe has begun preparing to work overtime.
The Bai Tongshe, which was in danger, also relied on "Flowers for Algernon" to gain a foothold.
The influence of a best-selling author on a publishing house is considerable.
Correspondingly, major publishing houses also took notice and wanted to sign Gu Lu's next book.
Who knew that Sato had already taken the lead. The stamp tax can no longer be increased. The stamp tax currently received by Gu Lu is already a first-line writer, so he can only make up for it from other places.
It is for this reason that Sato is very busy. He is helping with the public relations of "Flowers for Algernon".
Judge for the PR Naoki Award.
Sato's efforts are not in vain, and the publication of "Gu Lu Science Fiction Collection" is also on the agenda. That is to say, several works were serialized in "SF Science Fiction" magazine. Sato took great pains and only asked for two points to write two new science fiction short stories.
When publishing a collection of short stories, there must be at least two new ones if the author has not closed the book yet. This is the unspoken rule of the neon publishing industry.
Gu Lu was still a little worried about the science fiction novel in his hand.
According to his inference, the books that can trigger the synthesis are the bookshelves before traveling through the past life. So there are too many science fiction short stories in his three to four thousand books, and the chances are quite high.
Speaking of which, why are all the books on his bookshelf? There are also many books that I have never heard of.
Because buying books is like falling down, reading books is like spinning threads! When China Pictures had a sale, he bought all the books at low discounts, twenty or thirty at a time, and couldn't read them at all. I also buy used books on Kongfuzi.com to get free shipping. Used books cost three to four yuan for free, and there are so many to choose from.
It is no exaggeration to say that Gu Lu had never seen at least half of his bookcases in his previous life.
“I remember that I bought a lot of books by Ray Bradbury, but there is no such great god in this world. He is known as the Edgar Allan Poe of science fiction circles. He should have short science fiction stories, right?” Gu Lu The reason why he still investigates further is because he wants to take the initiative to trigger it. After all, he has had successful examples in the two or three years since he traveled through time.
Many people may not be familiar with Bradbury just by his name, but his masterpieces are the famous "Mars Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451".
If that doesn’t work, a collection of He Xi’s short stories will be completed. Although the overall quality of He Xi’s short stories is not as good as Liu Cixin’s, there are still two or three very exciting ones. Anyway, Neon Publishing House only wants two new articles...
In the previous life, there were four great kings of domestic science fiction: Liu Cixin, He Xi, Han Song, and Wang Jinkang. Gu Lu has bought all their books.
When the bell rang, Gu Lu became a little more concerned.
Put aside your thoughts for the time being. The agreed time to meet has arrived. Gu Lu arrived at the third big tree next to the flag-raising platform at lightning speed.
"Wait, should we count the third tree from the left or from the right?" Gu Lu suddenly discovered a bug.
It doesn’t matter, the distance is not far anyway.
The tree planted on campus is the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. Yes, the students hate it because it grows small white and yellow flowers in September and October.
Why do you hate it? The flowers fell on the playground, which was really annoying. Especially when the rotating class is on duty on campus, it is very troublesome to clean up.
Of course Gu Lu remembers that when his class was sweeping the floor at this time last year, he held the Fang Tian Painting Halberd (broom) and waved the "sword energy" all over the ground!
About tens of seconds later, Gu Lu saw the heroine walking towards her like a secret agent.
Looking around every second and looking back every three seconds, Gu Jiayu said, "Yes!"
So fun! Gu Lu never disappointed, and he deliberately lowered his voice, "Operation Day Reading."
The code was matched, and the two of them walked to Director Zhu's office, with Gu Jiayu leading the way.
The office is on the fourth floor, and indeed the principal's office is the highest.
The door is open.
"Pengpeng——"
Knock on the door even if it is open to indicate that someone is coming.
Director Zhu didn't even raise his head and said "come in", but when he saw Gu Jiayu, his eyes froze.
Why is this little girl here again?
Didn’t you make it clear enough yesterday? Parents need to do it, why don't they listen to me?
Parents?
Director Zhu saw the students behind him, and they looked familiar...
Gu Jiayu said, "Teacher Zhu, this is my parent. Because my parents are very busy, they called my brother. It happens that my brother is also a sophomore in our school. . ”
What nonsense? Are you kidding me about changing students from live to day school? Director Zhu didn't say this, he only heard the male student behind him speak.
"Hello, teacher, I am Gu Jiayu's older brother, Gu Lu, from Grade 2, Class 10." Gu Lu introduced himself first.
“Wait a minute, Gu Lu?” Director Zhu looked carefully and saw that it was right, isn’t it the talented writer Gu Lu?
Are these two siblings? Director Zhu had a lot of thoughts in his mind and said, "Gu Lu, are you really her brother? The school has the responsibility to confirm."
"Really, look at this, I took the photo The household registration book. I was afraid of losing the household registration book when I brought it to school, so I took a photo of it." Gu Lu took out his mobile phone and showed it to Director Zhu.
Aren’t you allowed to bring mobile phones in school? Gu Jiayu only had this thought in his mind.
When leaving the home in the lock area, Gu Lu was also worried that he would need to use the household registration book for something in the future, so he took his own page and took a photo of the homepage.
Gu’s mother moved away, so there is no sister’s household registration, but Gu Jiayu’s name is still on the household registration homepage.
"If that's the case, then it's no problem." Director Zhu nodded, "The change from living as a day student to a day student must be due to force majeure. Classmate Gu Jiayu has been here so many times, and I also know the seriousness, so I will Helped me apply.”
“Thank you, Teacher Zhu, when will it be ready?” Gu Lu asked.
"The processing time is about a week, but if you, Gu Lu, are urgent..." Director Zhu said, "Before this Friday, our school will also consider the students' difficulties."
"Thank you, thank you." Gu Lu thanked him. Today is Tuesday.
Gu Lu touched his stunned sister next to him. The latter came to her senses and quickly thanked Director Zhu.
From entering the office, to talking about things, and finally leaving the office, it took less than five minutes in total, and the matter was done like this?
It must be said that Gu Jiayu was still confused until he left the confines of the teacher's office. .
Because it’s too easy.
(End of this chapter)